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English Heritage Reference: | 487820 |
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RBKC Reference: | 249/80/67 |
Property: | TOMB OF CHARLES BABBAGE |
Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
Date: | 13/06/2001 |
Grade: | II |
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Description: | Slab tomb to Charles Babbage (died 1871). By Lander, mason. Coped slab of grey Rubislaw granite, on base of York stone, signed Lander, mason. Of particular historic interest: Babbage was an outstanding mathematician whose calculating machine was the outstanding forerunner of the computer |
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